The Buffer Team Shipped 57 New Internal Tools in 5 Days
72 people at Buffer stopped their regular work and spent the week building. Here's a full recap of everything we built, from customer features to a house-swapping app.
Open metrics
A transparent company since 2010
Since 2013, we’ve been open with Buffer’s finances and our team’s salaries, among many other metrics. We share openly because we believe in the power of transparency to build trust, hold us accountable to a high standard, and push our industry forward.
This is a dashboard for anyone to see how we’re building Buffer.
- MAUMonthly Active Users
- 277,134
- MRRMonthly Recurring Revenue
- $2.2M
- ARPUAverage Revenue Per User
- $27.21
- ARRAnnual Recurring Revenue
- $26.8M
- CEO Salary
- $310,320
- Average Salary
- $165,837
Random employee salaries
HailleyContent & Communications- $199,486
SimonGrowth Marketing- $229,912
RossCustomer Advocate Manager- $134,500
HamishSoftware Engineer- $168,451
SuzanneOperations Manager- $110,919
EstherSoftware Engineer- $150,979
2010
2011
AugustBuffer was accepted into AngelPad startup accelerator, with initial $120,000 investment
DecemberBuffer raised a small seed round of $330,000, to bring total funding to $450,000
Read more about Buffer in december 20112012
JanuaryOur founders had visa troubles and started traveling while growing Buffer, the team grew to 7 people by August
Read more about Buffer in january 20122013
AugustBuffer’s first all-company retreat took place in Lake Tahoe
Read more about Buffer in august 20132014
2015
2016
JuneWe had a cash-flow crisis resulting in several financial changes at Buffer, including a round of lay offs
Read more about Buffer in june 20162018
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